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There are lots of great opening songs that focus on attributes of God (his greatness, his faithfulness, his holiness, etc.) but not so many that focus explicitly on Christ. I wanted to write something in an up-tempo, contemporary style that carries the Christ-exalting richness of passages like Colossians 1 and Philippians 2. The three verses intertwine the story of our salvation with the story of Christ’s eternal glory, while the chorus lifts for a big, worshipping response.
book Psalms 24 book Psalms 104 book Romans 6:5-11 book Philippians 2:5-11 book Colossians 1:15-19 language English lightbulb Jesus lightbulb King lightbulb Praise category Congregational category Contemporary
6 years ago
This song draws on different biblical images of ideal times and places: the Peaceable Kingdom (Isaiah 11), the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2) and the new Jerusalem (Revelation 4 & 21). It is written in a Contemporary Christian style perhaps similar to the Rend Collective or Robin Mark. Note that this recording modulates up a semitone for the last verse. This song is included in Then Let Us Sing, a music resource published by the United Church of Canada in 2025. Most pictures in the video are courtesy of www.pexels.com. More information and downloads available at: https://sites.google.com/view/musicbydavidwkai/home/the-world-god-imagines David Kai's YouTube channel can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidKaisMusic
Andy Biggs, Isaac Watts, Tom Kelleher, Ali Collins, Stevie Hill
Written as part of the Resound Worship 12 Song Challenge in July 2024, this song combines and updates the words of two Isaac Watts hymns ("And now another day is gone" and "From all that dwell below the skies"). Ideal for personal worship and prayer at the end of the day, it expresses gratitude for the day just gone and hope for rest and a faith-filled future. Musically - imagine what Pink Floyd would sound like if Isaac Watts had joined as a lyricist...
Resound Worship, Marcus Pagnam
I was reflecting on the Doxecology project and also thinking about the word ‘Resound’ - and the basic song came pretty quickly while I was driving on a long journey. It started off as my attempt to write a modern ‘How great Thou art’ with all of creation singing praise to the God who brings salvation and restoration to all of creation. However it quickly became clear that the subject matter was too big for this song, so after numerous Resound writing sessions I finally came to the conclusion it needed to be more to the point - that then released me to focus on the song as a call to worship. The verses went through many lyrical re-writes and the bridge was added at some point, using Revelation 4 which I hope gives a sense of call to eternal, everlasting praise.
6 years ago